POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1974

Back: Robert Albert, Rex Turnbull, Warrick Smith, Billy Rowe, Adam Jamieson, Jeffrey Rothnie, Bruce Hewitt, Shaun Hartley, Danny Ward, Miss L Kersel

Middle: Peter Gardner, John Tatana, Karen Burling, Rosemary Gardner, Amanda Tatana, Kirsten Norris, Juanita Hunt, Randall Kiriona, Michael Neilson

Front: Paul Karauria, Tracey Ward, Angela Ransom, Suzanne Sinclair, Phillipa Norris, Marie Burnell, Kym Stratton, Rochelle McDermott, Lisa Watkins, Stephen Langevad

POROUTAWHAO Std 3-41973

Back: Mr Rowe, Neil Hirini, Paul Cockrell, Bryan Harrison, Jim Rowe, Kevin Gwynn, Dean Jamieson, Bruce Burnell, Robin Sinclair, Barry Stone, Mr King (PN Training College)

Middle: Mero Mininnick, Diane Sciascia, Yolande Watson, Wendy Bartholomew, Vanessa Ransom, Renata Hill, Sharon Edlin, Kathleen Anderson

Front: Margaret Mackie, Ngaire McBrydie, Tania Hartley, Flora Bartholomew, Christine Mackie, Raewyn Nicholls, Susan Manson, Donna Kiriona 

POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1978

Back: Jason Tatana, Douglas Ransom, Alasdair Maclean, Michael Sciascia, Sally Paterson, Michael Kilsby, Darrell Stratton

Middle: Marion Gardner, Richard Kitson, Brogan Vickers, Sharee Hemi, Stephen Greally, Chere Kiriona, Christopher Bagrie, Sophia Greally

Front: Richard Webby, Michael Conza, Esther Albert, Jason Sundholm, Fiona Mason, Anna McLennan, Callan Morrison

POROUTAWHAO Form 1-2 1978

Back: Donna Hickton, Nigel Hewitt, Fred Stone, Peter Bartholomew, Sharon Tatana

2nd Row: Russell Watson, Dolleen Hartley, Angelique Davies, Wayne Kiriona, Douglas Turnbull

1st Row: Paul Tatana, Susan Lund, Darryl Tatana, Rion Huria, Jeremy Ransom, Shane Clayton

Front: Manu Albert, Alan Mackie, Ralph Hemi, John Turnbull, Peter Albert, Craig Burnell

POROUTAWHAO Std 1-2 1979

Back: Jason Tatana, Marion Gardner, Sheryl Malmo, Michelle Harrison, Chere Kiriona, Anna McLennan

Middle: Nathan Thorpe, Jeffry Smith, Stephen Greally, Philip Gwynn, Lemuel Theodore, Damon Theodore, Michael Kilsby, Darrell Stratton

Front: Chris Bagrie, Brendon McDermott, Kevin Norris, Ian Mackie, Mr M Dowman, Mathew Harding, Mathew Hartley, Michael Sciascia, Stephen Turnbull

POROUTAWHAO JUNIORS 1979

Back: Callan Morrison, Melody Theodore, Nola Penn, Sally Paterson, Missy Hogarth, Darren McDermott

Middle: Timothy Greally, Richard Mason, Michael Conza, David…., Alasdair Maclean, Richard Kitson, Dougal Paterson, Ryan Bagrie

Front: Billie-Marie Smith, Kate McLennan, Sophia Greally, Brogan Vickers, Mrs C Phillips, Fiona Mason, Julie Conza, Esther Albert, Jane Kilsby

POROUTAWHAO Std 1-2 1978

Back: Kevin Norris, Matthew Beaton, Kevin Webby, Phillipa Norris, Michelle Sciascia

2nd Row: Miss K Gardiner, Brendon McDermott, Brent Davies, Michael Kitson, Lance Turnbull, Bernadette Davies

1st Row: Ian Mackie, Sheryl Malmo, Craig Davies, Michelle Harrison

Front: Jeffry Smith, John Hunt, Raewyn Lester, Steven Turnbull, Ashley Watson, Philip Gwynn, Matthew Hartley

POROUTAWHAO Standard 2-3-4 1977

Back: Adam Jamieson, Rion Huria, Kirsten Norris, Amanda Tatana, Nigel Hewitt, Jeremy Ransom, Grant Hunt, Bruce Hewitt, Rex Turnbull

Middle: Karen Burling, Randall Kiriona, Jo-Ann Mason, Rosemary Gardner, Bill Rowe, Warrick Smith, Grant Davies, Amanda Chase, Manu Albert

Front: Juanita Hunt, Larry Brown, Karen Mason, Marie Burnell, Karen Schwabe, Lee Clayton, Robert Albert, Kym Stratton, Toni Clayton, Peter Gardner

POROUTAWHAO Std 3-4 1978

Back: Rochelle McDermott, Kirsten Norris, Justine Hill, Rosemary Gardner, Michael Malmo

2nd Row: Mr G A Isaac, Shaun Hartley, Randall Kiriona, Warrick Smith, Bruce Hewitt, Adrian Edwards, John Tatana, Juanita Hunt

1st Row: Amanda Chase, Lee Clayton, Suzanne Sinclair, Rex Turnbull, Grant Davies, Angela Ransom, Toni Clayton

Front: Peter Gardner, Marie Burnell, Kym Stratton, Robert Albert, Larry Brown, Karen Mason, Stephen Langevad 

POROUTAWHAO Form 1-2 1972

Back: John Mackie, Ian Ansett, Michael MacDonald, Dirk De Vries, Kevin Hill, Max Kiriona, Mark Pescini, David Easton

2nd Row : Ian Stewart, Stephen Manson, Warren Hewitt, Ian Burnell, Barry Jamieson, Paul Oates, Paul Gleeson, Noel Seymour, Mr Holder

1st Row: Jocelyn Hewitt, Diane Mitchell, Sandra Gwynn, Rozanne Blair, Lynda Adin, Debra Edlin, Michelle Kilsby, Sue Tamihana, Christine Kiriona, Sandra Cockrell

Front: Colleen Nichols, Erin Dawson, Missy Kiriona, Lorna McBrydie, Ana Minhinnick 

For decades radio 2ZA was a central part of Palmerston North. Founded in 1938 as part of a new and growing network of Government owned commercial stations, 2ZA did radical things like actually naming their announcers (who were anonymous in the non-commercial stations) and even building a personal brand around them in the 1950s. 

This slide continues this personality branding with a photo of 2ZA staff (presumably announcers) beside the station's logo. The 940KHZ frequency dates this slide to before 1978, and the 'Radio New Zealand' logo to after 1975. By the 1980s the 'call sign' frequencies of radio stations ('Z' for commercial, 'YC' for concert, 'YA' for Government non-commercial etc) were phased out in favour of today's numbered frequencies. Before then the lettered callsigns were often printed on radio tuning dials- which worked as long as the frequencies never changed! 

Radio New Zealand's commercial stations were privatized in 1996 and 2ZA (then known as 'Classic Hits') was no exception.  While not a Horowhenua based station, many locals will remember hearing the songs and voices of 2ZA, and the MAVtech Museum in Foxton has some 2ZA equipment on display. 

Can anyone name these staff members? Post a comment or email Poroutawhao100@gmail.com

Is it ironic that an ad for make-up is marred by blemishes? This slide may just have been left by the projector's heat for too long! However, there's enough writing left untouched to know that it was made for the Oxford Pharmacy. An old newspaper ad displays the pharmacy on Oxford Street in 1981 as one of six pharmacies in Levin.

This slide looks to be a bit older than this though. An 'Oxford Pharmacy' was in the New Zealand Register of Pharmacies in 1960, albeit on a different end of Oxford Street.

The 'Chronicle' referred to in the slide was the local newspaper, known at various points as the 'Levin Chronicle', 'Daily Chronicle' and 'Horowhenua Daily Chronicle". At the time the slide was made the paper was published six days a week and was a paid newspaper. In 2008 it was renamed the 'Horowhenua Chronicle' and became a free community newspaper which is still being published at the time of writing (September 2023). 

1977's 'Saturday Night Fever' was a hit movie in America and in many other countries. However, its foul language, nudity and adult themes meant that it was given an 'adults only' rating which limited who could see it.

So in 1979 Paramount released a 'general audience' edit of the film with the controversial scenes cut and some of the language redubbed. In New Zealand this was given a GA 'General Audience' rating and proved to be just as successful.

It was a busy time for John Travolta- this slide reveals that 'Saturday Night Fever' was being shown as a double billing with 'Grease'- another Travolta film! 

By the late 1970s cinema trends were changing. New Zealanders used to go to the cinema as a social occasion and often picked what they wanted to watch when they got there. But the rise of the Hollywood 'blockbuster' meant that people now went to the cinema to see a particular film. This, and the rise of television, led to a sharp decline in ticket sales. In 1960 the average New Zealand went to 'the flicks' around seventeen times- by 1981 that was only five times and the total number of cinemas went from over 500 down to around 150. Foxton's Coronation Hall was one of these causalities and had ceased to be a regular cinema.